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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 1997 10:28:50 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro)
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, tlambert@primenet.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, nnd@itfs.nsk.su
Subject:   Re: PPP - why set CLOCAL for server ('-direct' mode) ?
Message-ID:  <199709111028.DAA14337@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970910224124.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> from "Simon Shapiro" at Sep 10, 97 10:41:24 pm

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> >  This is how a callout device works, although SIGHUP is only delivered 
> >  if the port is the controlling tty of the process.  Note, however, that 
> >  user-mode ppp _doesn't_want_this_, which is the whole issue.  
> 
> So the device works properly.  Good.  It took several YEARS for
> AT&T/USL/USG/etc. to get it streight.

It doesn't, and they didn't.

					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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